1) Anyway, download FireFlash11 apk (its trustworthy, worked no problem for me)
DOWNLOAD HERE: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-…282WG5fQXdYZVE
2) Now download ALL these files. (I know one says "freedom-boot-8.4.6" ignore the 8.4.6 part, it works on 8.5.1)
ES File Explorer (Download from appstore, if unable to, download through
Drive and install from silk): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-…ml6TkE1WWFtWFk
freedom-boot-8.4.6: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-…EttUno1cmE5MHM
u-boot-prod-8.1.4: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-…0ZCQkNaZW5vRXc
TWRP 2.7.0.0: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-…2ktNjF3RVJlSFE
stack: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-…UZERTdRS3piODA
3) I know those links looked the same, there different, now bear with me here, here comes the TWRP install.
so, First, make sure you’ve downloaded and installed ES File Explorer (if through silk, open the downloads tab and install it through there) and open it. now, if you haven’t already, make sure you move all the files you downloaded to your kindle. now if you moved them straight to your kindle, then they should be on the sdcard, if you downloaded these through silk, they’ll be in the downloads folder in your sdcard. tap and install fireflash11.apk . now open it, and give it root access. you should be greeted with a somewhat complicated looking wall of text an check-boxes.
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*So, let me now guide you through this app, first of all, there should be red print informing you that your not on the 8.1.4 bootloader or something like that, so click on the checkbox. above it (the one that says "install kfhd8uboot-prod-8.1.4.img or something like that)
*Now go down, and you’ll see some text that says "Boot Partition Image (boot.img) and a box under it that says "NOT FLASHED" tap it. it should bring up a file manager like list. scroll down until you see your already downloaded "kfhd8freedom-boot-8.4.6.img" , and tap/select it.
now go slightly under it and check "apply stack override".
*Next, Go under that to find a line that says "Recover Partition Image (Recovery.img), and slightly under it a box that says "NOT FLASHED" tap that, and again, you’ll be greeted with a list like file manager. scroll down until you see "kfhd8-twrp-2.7.0.0.img" and tap/select it. last part! go slightly under that and tap the check box next to "disable auto recovery update".
*Now that you have all you options in order, verify that you have them in order, and correctly selected (refer back if needed) and scroll down until you see at the bottom, a box that will install/flash all these things, it will say something like "Execute Flash Script" tap it, and your all set. if you want to boot into recovery, go right under that box to find a boc that says "reboot into recovery" click it, and wait a sec, your screen will black out, and you will first see the normal kindle fire logo, then a blue one, then some glitchy looking stuff, then it should show a TeamWin logo, and go into recovery. :victory:
Here is the latest (as of when this was written) build of CM12.1 for our kindle. works on LTE to, but you might not have settings, it also isnt rooted… ill look into that.
DOWNLOAD HERE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-J…ew?usp=sharing
And some Medium/Space conserving Gapps (For android 5.1):
DOWNLOAD HERE: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-…llldFhHN1NCem8
4) Now, to install these:
*Make a backup of your rom, should be in the "Backup" section of TWRP.
*Now go back to the main screen select "Wipe"
*Go to "Advanced Wipe"
*check EVERY BOX EXCEPT "INTERNAL STORAGE" you’ll regret it if you do (it hold all your roms, gapps, and other files on your sdcard!)
*Now select "wipe"
*Now go back (don’t reboot your device just yet!)
*Now select "Install" on the main menu (It might say "Zip Install" based on your version of TWRP)
*Now select your rom (if its not in the scroll menu, check the right side of the screen! :p)
*Now click "Install" or "Flash" (again, depends on version of TWRP)
*It may show errors, (like: failed to mount dev/boot0/blah blah blah)ignore them, it only matters if it finishes and says FAILED in all red.
*When its done tap "Reboot Device"
*DONE!!!! remmember, all roms/gapps/zips get flashed like this, including th google ones, but only wipe your device when instaling A NEW ROM! not gapps,just go strait to installing them.
*disclaimer: i did not make any of these files, majority of the credit goes the Hashcode, and the wonderful devs on the kindle fire community! :good: